scholarly journals Urinary excretion of purine derivatives inBos indicus×Bos tauruscrossbred cattle

2005 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 821-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Ojeda ◽  
Ornella de Parra ◽  
Joaquím Balcells ◽  
Álvaro Belenguer

Four experiments were performed to study the kinetics of purine metabolism and urinary excretion in Zebu crossbred cattle. Fasting excretion was established in Expt 1, using eighteen maleBos indicus×Bos tauruscrossbred cattle (261 (se 9·1) kg body weight), six of each of the following genotypes: 5/8Bos indicus, 1/2Bos indicusand 3/8Bos indicus. No significant differences were observed among genotypes in fasting purine derivative excretion (277·3 (se 35·43) μmol/metabolic body weight). In a second experiment we measured the xanthine oxidase activity, which was higher in liver than in duodenal mucosa (0·64 and 0·06 (se 0·12) units/g wet tissue per min respectively;P>0·05) being in plasma 0·60 (se 0·36) units/l per min. The kinetics of uric acid were measured by intravenous pulse dose of [1,3-15N]uric acid (Expt 3). The cumulative recovery of the isotope in urine was 82 (se 6·69) %, and uric acid plasma removal, pool size and mean retention time were 0·284 (se 0·051) per h, 5·45 (se 0·823) mmol and 3·52 (se 0·521) h, respectively. Allantoin was removed from plasma at an estimated fractional rate of 0·273 (se 0·081) per h and mean retention was 3·66 (se 1·08) h. In Expt 4, the relationship between urinary purine derivative excretion (Y; mmol/d) and digestible organic matter intake (X, kg/d) was defined by the equation:Y=7·69 (se 4·2)+5·69 (se 1·68)X;n16, Se 1·31,r0·67.

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 1643 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. Prados ◽  
S. C. Valadares Filho ◽  
S. A. Santos ◽  
D. Zanetti ◽  
A. N. Nunes ◽  
...  

Forty 3/4 Bos indicus × 1/4 Bos taurus bulls (initial bodyweight = 214 ± 4 kg; 11 ± 0.2 months) were used in the study. Four bulls were slaughtered as reference and the other 36 bulls were allowed ad libitum consumption of treatment diets following a completely randomised 3 × 3 factorial design. The design included three diet concentrations of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P): standard, 50% of standard, and 75% of standard and three periods of feedlot confinement: 8, 16, and 24 weeks with four bulls per treatment combination. The diets were isonitrogenous and consisted of 60 : 40 corn silage to concentrate. Dry matter intake, crude protein, ether extract, organic matter, non-fibrous carbohydrates, Ca, and P, expressed as kg/day, were greater (P < 0.05) for bulls confined for longer periods. Nutrient digestibility and average daily gain was not affected (P > 0.05) by Ca and P concentration of diet or by feedlot phase. Dressing were decreased (P < 0.05) for bulls that remained in confinement for a shorter period. The daily maintenance requirements of Ca and P were 13.66 and 21.51 mg/kg empty bodyweight, respectively, and the absorption coefficients of Ca and P were 0.70 and 0.67, respectively. We concluded that for crossbred cattle in the feedlot, dietary levels of Ca and P recommended by BR-CORTE (2010), NRC (2000), and AFRC (1991) could be reduced by 62%, 66%, and 57%, respectively, for Ca and by 14%, 15%, and 43%, respectively, for P with significant savings in costs. This study shows that Ca and P can be reduced to 1.8 and 2.2 g/kg DM respectively, in the diets for crossbred cattle in feedlot.


2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 733-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Badola ◽  
T. K. Bhattacharya ◽  
T. K. Biswas ◽  
B. M. Shivakumar ◽  
Pushpendra Kumar ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 991-998
Author(s):  
Mario Luiz Chizzotti ◽  
Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho ◽  
Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti ◽  
Flávia Adriane de Sales Silva

Abstract The California net energy system (CNES) was the reference for the development of most energy requirement systems worldwide, such as Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (NASEM, Nutrient requirements of beef cattle, 8th Revised ed, 2016) and Brazilian Nutrient Requirements of Zebu and Crossbred Cattle (Valadares Filho, S. C., L. F. C. Silva, M. P. Gionbelli, P. P. Rotta, M. I. Marcondes, M. L. Chizzotti, and L. F. Prados, BR-CORTE: nutrient requirements of zebu and crossbred cattle, 3rd ed, 2016). This review aimed to compare methods used by NASEM and BR-CORTE to estimate the energy requirements for beef cattle. The net energy requirements for maintenance (NEm) of BR-CORTE is based on empty body weight (EBW), whereas NASEM uses shrunk body weight (SBW), but the Bos taurus indicus presents 10% to 8% lower NEm than Bos taurus taurus. We have compared animals with different EBW and SBW but with same equivalent empty body weight/standard reference weight ratio (0.75), as both systems have suggested different mature weights. Both systems predicted similar net energy requirements for gain (NEg) for animals with 1.8 kg of daily gain. However, estimated empty body gain was lower for NASEM estimations when the same metabolizable energy for gain is available. For pregnancy and lactation of beef cows, the NEm and net energy requirements for pregnancy (NEp) of a Zebu cow estimated by BR-CORTE were lower than the values estimated by NASEM. Furthermore, the magnitude of differences between these systems regarding NEp increased as pregnancy days increase. The NASEM and BR-CORTE systems have presented similar values for energy requirement for lactation (0.72 and 0.75 Mcal/kg milk, respectively).


1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (88) ◽  
pp. 709 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Nishimura ◽  
JE Frisch

The proportion of purebred Bos indicus, and both Bos indicus and Bos taurus crossbred cows containing Hereford blood, that were culled for eye cancer was recorded from 1964 to 1975. Circumocular pigmentation was recorded from 1970 to 1972. The incidence of the disease and the proportion of eyes with unpigmented or partially pigmented circumocular regions were significantly higher in the Bos taurus breed than in the Bos indicus based breeds. Thus a marked reduction or complete elimination of eye cancer could be achieved by crossing the Bos indicus breeds, particularly the Africander, over the Hereford to produce crosses containing one half Hereford or less.


2021 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 104403
Author(s):  
Pamela I. Otto ◽  
Simone E.F. Guimarães ◽  
Lucas L. Verardo ◽  
Ana Luísa S. Azevedo ◽  
Claudia A. Sevillano ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 (9) ◽  
pp. 8148-8158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela I. Otto ◽  
Simone E.F. Guimarães ◽  
Lucas L. Verardo ◽  
Ana Luísa S. Azevedo ◽  
Jeremie Vandenplas ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 1998 ◽  
pp. 23-23
Author(s):  
F. Herrera Gomez ◽  
F.D.DeB Hovell ◽  
C.A. Sandoval Castro

The purine derivatives (PD) have been proposed as a non-invasive method to estimate microbial-N supply to the small intestine (Chen et al., 1990a; Verbic et al., 1990). The use of PD urinary excretion has the advantage that it can be used with intact animals thus reducing the concern of animal welfare issues. Although, there are known differences in purine metabolism between cattle (B. taurus), sheep and buffaloes (Bubalis bubalis) (Chen et al., 1990b; Chen et al., 1996), no direct comparison of PD urinary excretion has been made so far between cattle especies, therefore, the objective of the present experiment was to compare PD urinary excretion of B. taurus and B. indicus cattle fed similar diets under tropical conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 104457
Author(s):  
Gustavo André Bernado Moura ◽  
Cíntia Carol de Melo Costa ◽  
Vinícius de França Carvalho Fonsêca ◽  
Gene Wijffels ◽  
Patric André Castro ◽  
...  

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